Heritage Mah Jongg Cotton Hat - The Three Honors
Heritage Mah Jongg Cotton Hat - The Three Honors
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Why is the white tile blank? It may have started as a spare. Blank tiles replaced lost ones, and in Japan haku stays empty to this day.
A cap that says very little, on purpose. The blank tile beside the red and green is the whole point of this design, and only a riichi player will know why. That suits a washed, soft hat with no need to shout.
Haku means white, and its Chinese name means white board. Sets once included blanks as spares for lost or damaged tiles. Chun, the red, means center. Hatsu, the green, shortens a phrase meaning roughly to strike it rich. Red appeared around 1870 and green by 1890.
Readers have offered fancier theories, such as archery or a beautiful woman's skin, hair and lips. Those are stories without sources. Japanese sets kept the white tile plain while Hong Kong sets framed it and American ones gave it a border. An empty tile with a long history is a very good thing to think about.
Unstructured washed cotton cap, 8.5 oz twill, six panels and a curved brim, with a self-fabric strap and metal slider for adjustment. Cold water and hand washing are best. Let it dry naturally so the brim holds. Every sale counts: profits support hunger relief.
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